Thoughts on Getting on the Law Review Board
From Frequent Citations:
People agonize over whether they will get on the Board and not only that, but will they get one of the top five or six positions. It’s part popularity contest, hoping that the outgoing Board (who elects the new Board) thinks you’re just the neatest person. And it’s part Work-Thyself-To-Death competition. Who can do the best article reviews? Whose cite checks are most organized and perfect? Given that most of us made Law Review because we do not know how to stop working, or how to let something go as “good enough,” the bar is set pretty high when it comes to out-working or out-performing your fellow staffer.
And then there are the Comments. Publish and you are almost assured a position, as long as the rest of your work is acceptable and you don’t have the personality of a T-Rex experiencing nicotine withdrawal. But if you haven’t at least made it to the first bench-mark, well, good luck. Being on the Board means you will have to meet deadlines all the time, and getting your Comment to a certain point does show an ability to do that. But the Board needs all kinds of people on it, and not all of them need to be the types to work themselves to death in an effort to get published.
In a ceremony bearing all the hallmarks of a papal election, the Board will select its replacement.
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